Staffordshire County Senior League

Staffordshire County Senior League
	Founded
	2005
	Nation
	England
	Feeder To
	North West Counties League; Division One and; Midland Football League; Division One; (not automatic)
	Divisions
	Premier Division; Division One North; Division One South & Central; Division Two North; Division Two South
	Number of Teams
	18 – Premier Division; 10 – Division One North; 10 – Division One South & Central; 11 – Division Two North; 11 - Division Two South
	Levels on Pyramid
	The Premier Division sits at; Step 7 (Level 11)
	Cups
	Leek Cup (All teams); Challenge Cup (Premier Division); President's Trophy (Division One); Chairman's Challenge Cup (Division Two)

The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of the Midland League (formerly known as the Staffordshire Senior League) and the Staffordshire County League.

The former Midland League clubs formed the new Premier Division which sits at step 7 of non-league football (or level 11 of the English football league system), a feeder league to the National League System. The former Staffordshire County League sides formed Division One and Division Two, which are at levels 12 and 13 of English football. Division Two has at times been regionalised, which is currently the case.

In 2024-25 the league operates five divisions across three tiers, the Premier Division (step 7), Division One North and Division One South & Central (step 8), Division Two North and Division Two South (both step 9).

Tunstall Town received national and even international attention in the 2010–11 season, after losing all of their games, and conceding an average of close to ten goals a game; however the team's first eleven did consist of players as old as 75.^[1]^[2]^[3] On 22 February 2014, they ended a 171-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Betley Reserves.^[4]

Past winners

Premier Division

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Promoted
2005–06	Hanley Town	Ball Haye Green
2006–07	Wolstanton United	Hanley Town
2007–08	Wolstanton United	Newcastle Town Reserves
2008–09	Foley	Wolstanton United
2009–10	Stretton Eagles	Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves
2010–11	Ball Haye Green^[5]	Hanley Town
2011–12	Hanley Town	Redgate Clayton
2012–13	Hanley Town	Redgate Clayton	Hanley Town
2013–14	Wolstanton United	Uttoxeter Town
2014–15	Wolstanton United	Redgate Clayton
2015–16	Leek CSOB	Wolstanton United
2016–17	Abbey Hulton United	Wolstanton United	Abbey Hulton United
2017–18	Wolstanton United	Foley Meir
2018–19	Silverdale Athletic	Leek County School Old Boys
2019-20	COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Foley Meir	AFC Alsager	Foley Meir
2021–22	AFC Alsager	Brereton Social
2022–23	Wolstanton United	Redgate Clayton
2023–24	Redgate Clayton	AFC Alsager	Foley Meir

Division One

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2005–06	Stafford Rangers Stripes	Congleton Vale
2006–07	Congleton Vale	Barlaston
2007–08	Stretton Eagles	Sandbach United
2008–09	Manor Inne^[6]	Holt JCB
2009–10	Barton United^[7]	Stone Dominoes Reserves
2010–11	Audley	Barton United
2011–12	Hanley Town Reserves	Cheadle Town
2012–13	Uttoxeter Town	Hilton Harriers
2013–14	Manchester Metropolitan University	Stapenhill Reserves
2014–15	Leek County School Old Boys	Cheadle South Moorlands United
2015–16	Redgate Clayton Reserves	Ashbourne
2016–17	Foley Meir	Stone Dominoes
2017–18	Ossama Blurton	Brereton Social
2018–19	Audley	Abbey Hulton United Reserves
2019-20	COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Shenstone Pathfinder	City of Stoke
2021-22	Milton United FC	Wolstanton United Reserves
2022-23	Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves	Madeley White Star
2023-24	AFC Crewe	Leek Town Development
2024–	Regionalised

Division One (Regions)

Season	Division One North		Division One South & Central
Season	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
2024–25	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC

Division Two

Season	Winner	Runner-up
2008–09	Talbot Athletic	Wolstanton United Reserves
2009–10	Stretton Eagles Reserves	Audley
2010–11	MMU Cheshire	Lea Hall
2011–12	Audley Reserves	Vodafone Stoke
2012–13	Silverdale Athletic	Hall Heath
2013–14	Featherstone Prison	Uttoxeter Town Reserves
2014–17	Regionalised
2017–18	Whittington	Goldenhill Wanderers
2018–19	AFC Alsager	AFC Hawkins Sports
2019–20	COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Foley Meir Reserves	FC 41
2021-22	Pelsall Villa Colts	Uttoxeter Town
2022–	Regionalised

Division Two (North and South)

Season	Division Two North		Division Two South		Division Two Play-off winner
Season	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up	Division Two Play-off winner
2014–15	Market Drayton Tigers	Longton Area	Whittington FC	Wolverhampton SC U21	Whittington FC
2015–16	Eastwood Hanley	Audley Reserves	Penkridge	Shenstone Pathfinder Reserves	Eastwood Hanley
2016–17	Tunstall Town	Foley Meir Reserves	Pathfinder FC	Brereton Social	N/A
2017–22	Not regionalised
2022-23	Florence Reserves	Stone Old Alleynians A	Brereton Social Reserves	Warstones Wanderers	N/A
2023-24	FC Hanley Reserves	Milton United Reserves	Cannock Dynamos	Newhall United	N/A

Member clubs (2024–25 season)

Source:^[8]^[9]

Premier Division

AFC Alsager
AFC Crewe
AFC Norton
Ashbourne
Audley & District
Ball Haye Green
Brereton Social
FC 41
Leek C.S.O.B.
Leek Town Reserves
Lichfield City Reserves
Madeley White Star
Milton United
Newcastle Town Reserves
Redgate Clayton
Rocester
Silverdale Athletic
Wolstanton United

Division One North

AFC Alsager Reserves
Audley & District Reserves
Cheadle Town (Staffs)
Eastwood Hanley
FC Hanley Academy
Florence Colliery
Foley Meir Reserves
Keele University
Leek Town Development
Milton United Reserves

Division One South & Central

Albrighton
Cannock Dynamos
City of Stoke
Cresswell Wanderers Reserves
Eccleshall Reserves
Newhall United
Redgate Clayton Reserves
Stafford Town Reserves
Stone Old Alleynians Reserves
Warstones Wanderers

Division Two North

Audrey & District Development
Ball Haye Green Reserves
Eastwood Hanley Reserves
FC 41 Reserves
Florence Colliery Reserves
Keele University 2nd
Leek C.S.O.B. Reserves
Longton Area Potters
Silverdale Athletic Reserves
Staffordshire Victoria
Stone Dominoes

Division Two South

AFC Fradley
AFC Real Medina
Ashbourne Reserves
Cannock Dynamos Reserves
Hednesford Forest
Newhall United Reserves
Pelsall Villa Reserves
Total Football
Warstones Wanderers Reserves
Whittington
Willington

References

^ "Football: Tunstall's fall guys become stars of the media world". The Sentinel. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ Ronay, Barney (14 March 2011). "Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ "In praise of … Tunstall Town". The Guardian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ "Tunstall Town finally end 171-game run without a win". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ Season 2010–11
^ Season 2008–09
^ Season 2009–10
^ "Staffordshire County Senior League". FullTime. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "'Locked In' Members of Staffordshire County Senior League 2024-25". Facebook. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

External links

Official website, FA Full-Time

[1] "Football: Tunstall's fall guys become stars of the media world". The Sentinel. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[2] Ronay, Barney (14 March 2011). "Tunstall Town know Staffordshire is no county for very old men". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[3] "In praise of … Tunstall Town". The Guardian. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[4] "Tunstall Town finally end 171-game run without a win". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

[5] Season 2010–11

[6] Season 2008–09

[7] Season 2009–10

[8] "Staffordshire County Senior League". FullTime. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[9] "'Locked In' Members of Staffordshire County Senior League 2024-25". Facebook. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

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